Programs

About Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society:

Founded in 1963, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) works to protect Canada's public environment. Its main goal is to help Canada protect at least 17% of our land and lakes, and 10% of our oceans by 2020. The charity has both Conservation programs and Conservation Awareness programs.

In F2018, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society's Conservation programs made up 86% of total program spending. CPAWS works with the government to increase protection of Canadian wildlife, parks, forests, oceans, and grasslands. F2018 highlights include $1.3 billion of new project funding for the next five years and the announcement of the largest protected area in eastern North America (over 26,000km²) in Québec. Canada's largest Marine Protected Area (109,000km²) was also announced in Nunavut.

In F2018, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society's Conservation Awareness programs made up 14% of total program spending. CPAWS runs educational programs in its 13 chapters across Canada. The Southern Alberta chapter received a national award in 2016 from The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication.

Results and Impact

In F2018, CPAWS announced­ a new 10,000km² caribou-protected area in Québec. This will help the recovery of woodland caribou without harming the forestry industry in the region. St. Anns Bank (4,364km²) in Nova Scotia became an official Marine Protected Area in F2018. The area is important for protecting leatherback sea turtles, deep-sea corals, Atlantic cod and wolffish, and over 100 other species.

Finances

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is a large charity, with total donations of $6.7m in F2018. Administrative costs are 13% of revenues and fundraising costs are 7% of donations. For every dollar donated, 80 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. Funding reserves of $5m can cover almost one year of annual program costs.

This charity report is an update that is currently being reviewed by Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on May 16, 2019 by Lauren Chin.

Financial Review

Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending March

2018

2017

2016

Administrative costs as % of revenues

12.3%

13.9%

12.6%

Fundraising costs as % of donations

7.3%

9.1%

9.3%

Total overhead spending

19.6%

23.0%

19.6%

Program cost coverage (%)

96.1%

61.6%

61.5%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $000s

2018

2017

2016

Donations

6,695

5,101

4,852

Government funding

313

299

226

Investment income

1

1

1

Total revenues

7,009

5,400

5,079

Program costs - Canada

3,775

3,787

0

Administrative costs

862

753

637

Fundraising costs

489

464

449

Total spending

5,126

5,004

4,786

Cash flow from operations

1,883

396

293

Capital spending

12

2

(306)

Funding reserves

4,967

3,599

3,443

Note: Ci consolidated CPAWS with its associated Foundation in the following financial analysis.
Ci reported donations to the Foundation for CPAWS and endowment contributions as donations, increasing total revenue by $100k in F2018, $100k in F2017, and $380k in F2016. Ci reported investment income for the Foundation in investment income, increasing total revenue by $1k in F2018, $1k in F2017 and $1k in F2016. Ci adjusted for deferred donations, increasing total donations by $1.8m in 2018, $444k in F2017 and ($33k) in F2016. To report on a cash basis, Ci backed out amortization of deferred lease incentives from operations costs, reducing administrative costs by $1k in F2016. Ci reported bank charges for the Foundation, increasing administrative costs by $35 in F2017 and $41 in F2016. Ci reported professional fees for the Foundation, increasing administrative costs by $3k in F2018, $3k in F2017 and $3k in F2016.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 24

Avg. Compensation: $62,536

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +

0

$300k - $350k

0

$250k - $300k

0

$200k - $250k

0

$160k - $200k

0

$120k - $160k

0

$80k - $120k

4

$40k - $80k

6

< $40k

0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2018

The information in this report was prepared by Charity Intelligence Canada and its independent analysts from publicly-available information. Charity Intelligence Canada and its analysts have made endeavours to ensure that the data in this report is accurate and complete but accept no liability.

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